Segfault with cracklib and PAM

[Jim Gifford]

Sympton: Whenever certain passwords are used passwd segfaults with PAM.
                Passwords that cause the issue are: G at ndalFchicken1234

                 Passwords that work: @njaeN chicken2345

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Error Message

(current) UNIX password:
New UNIX password:
(index fread failed): Success
Segmentation fault

File /etc/pam.d/passwd

/etc/pam.d/passwd:
# Begin /etc/pam.d/passwd
password	required	pam_cracklib.so	\
    retry=3 difok=8 minlen=15 dcredit=3 ocredit=3 ucredit=2 lcredit=2
password	required	pam_unix.so	md5 shadow use_authtok
# End /etc/pam.d/passwd


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